And here it leigen alle he_m_ bi-foren; 1920 And ſunne, & mone, & ſterres .xi^e.[198] wurðeden hi_m_ wið frigti luue; ðo ſeide hiſ fader, "hu mai ðis ſen ðat ðu ſalt ðuſ wurðed ben, 1924 Jacob reproached his son, yet he believed it should be so. ðat ðine breðere, and ic, and ſhe ðat ðe bar, ſulen luten ðe?" [Fol. 38.] ðuſ he chidden hem bi-twen, ðoge ðhogte iacob ſiðe it ſulde ben. 1928 The sons of Jacob kept flocks at Shechem. Hiſe breðere kepten at ſichem Hirdneſſe, & iacob to ſen hem Joseph was sent to see how they fared. ſente ioſeph to dalen ebron; And he was redi his wil to don. 1932 In ſichem feld ne fonde he_m_ nogt, His brethren knew him from afar, In dotayin he fond he_m_ ſogt; He knewen hi_m_ fro feren kumen, [195] haueð? [196] wasteme? [197] So in MS. [198] For endluue? JOSEPH IS SOLD TO CHAPMEN, Hate hem on ros, i_n_ herte numen; 1936 Swilc nið & hate roſ hem on, and took counsel to slay him. He redden alle him for to ſlon. "Nai," q_u_ad ruben, "ſlo we hi_m_ nogt, Reuben advised them to throw Joseph into an old and deep pit. Oðer ſinne may ben wrogt, 1940 Q_u_at-ſo him drempte ðor q_u_iles he ſlep, In ðiſ ðiſterneſſe,[199] old and dep, Get wurðe[200] worpen naked and cold, Q_u_at-ſo hiſ dremeſ owen a-wold." 1944 ðiſ dede waſ don wid[201] herte ſor, Reuben left his brethren to seek better pasture for his cattle. Ne wulde ruben nogt drechen ðor; He gede and ſogte an oðer ſtede, Hiſ erue i_n_ bettre lewſe he dede; 1948 Judah gave them bad advice, Vdas dor[202] q_u_iles gaf hem red, ðat was fulfilt of derne ſped; fro galaad men wið chafare Sag he ðor kumen wid ſpices ware; 1952 [Fol. 38b.] To-warde egipte he gunne ten. Iudas tagte hu it ſulde ben, and Joseph was sold for thirty pieces of silver.